Features, Health Care Reform
President visits St. Louis, pushes Health Care Reform
President Barack Obama visited St. Louis yesterday to push his plan to reform health care in America.
Features, Local Control, Videos
What Will Nixon Do?
What will Governor Jay Nixon do when it comes to local control of the St. Louis Police Department?
Budget Cuts, Features, Videos
French opposes cuts to trash collection
Alderman Antonio French opposes a proposal to cut the city’s trash collection services in half in order to save money.
Features, News
VIDEO: Alderman French tells why he voted NO
Alderman Antonio French tells why he voted NO on developer Paul McKee's massive 1,500-acre redevelopment proposal.
Features, News
McKee’s pitbulls attack French
Chesterfield developer Paul McKee appeared on a radio show this morning promoting his 1,500-acre development plan which includes areas of downtown and the near north side of St. Louis City. During the show, host Demetrius Johnson, a McKee supporter, attacked Alderman Antonio French because of a quote that appeared in today’s Post-Dispatch. McKee is asking for [...]
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One Percent for the Arts
Public Arts bill killed in committee
Posted on 11 March 2010
A bill (download here) that would have created in the City of St. Louis a “Public Arts Trust Fund” modeled after those that exist in nearly 300 other cities, including New York, Seattle, Kansas City, MO; Columbia, MO; and in the St. Louis region through Metro’s “percent for the arts” policy died in committee Wednesday. Continue Reading
Earnings Tax, News
Aldermen head to KC to save the Earnings tax
Posted on 11 March 2010
A group of St. Louis aldermen are in Kansas City today meeting with their cross-state counterparts to discuss ways to fight the attempt by local millionaire Rex Sinquefield to get Missouri voters to outlaw the earnings tax, which for St. Louis City represents a third of the already cash-strapped city’s budget. Continue Reading
Health Care Reform, News
Teabaggers protest Health Care Reform at Presidential Visit
Posted on 11 March 2010
Opponents of President Barack Obama’s efforts to reform the health care system gathered last night outside of the hotel where the President and U.S. Claire McCaskill were rallying hundreds of supporters of the plan. Continue Reading
Events, News
39th Annual Democrat Days in Hannibal, Mo
Posted on 08 March 2010
The Missouri Democratic campaign season was kicked off in the Town of Hannibal last weekend with Democratic heavyweights like Gov. Jay Nixon, AG Chris Koster, and former Sen. Jean Carnahan rallying the troops. Continue Reading
News
Schools want part of TIF funds
Posted on 24 September 2009
The statement below was delivered by SLPS representatives to the City of St. Louis TIF Commission for last night’s meeting regarding the developer Paul McKee’s $390M TIF request: “The St. Louis Public School District, the Special Administrative Board and its appointees to the City of St. Louis Tax Increment Financing Commission fully recognize the importance [...] Continue Reading
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Harris-Stowe gets $1M for historic bldgs
Posted on 18 September 2009
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced today that 20 Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) will be the beneficiaries of $14.25 million for historic preservation grants aimed at providing assistance in the repair of historic buildings on their campuses. The Department made these funds available under the American Recovery and [...] Continue Reading
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